Vista Grande Public Library

PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA WITH FREE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES, MATERAILS, AND SERVICES THAT ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND INFORMATIONAL INTERESTS.

PURCHASING, CATALOGUING AND CIRCULATION OF LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS. INCLUDES PERFORMING REFERENCE SERVICES FOR PATRONS AND MATERIALS RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR THE MAJORITY OF 2021-22, THE BUILDING WAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, THE LIBRARY DID NOT RETURN TO FULL HOURS 10-6 T-F, 10-4 SAT UNTIL MAY 2022, SO WE OFFERED A COMBINATION OF LAST YEARS COVID MEANSURES - CONCIERGE BROWSING, BINGE BAGS, CURBSIDE PICK-UPS - COMBINED WITH REGULAR, IN-PERSON SERVICES. THIS WAS DONE TO REDUCE VOLUNTEER LABOR AT THE OUTSET, THUS INCREASING PAID-STAFF WORKLOAD. NUMBERS AFFECTED 34,588 ITEMS WERE CIRCULATED TO A REGISTERED 3,396 PATRONS.

ACCESS TO COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY BY PATRONS, INCLUDING THE MAINENANCE OF PUBLIC COMPUTERS. THIS INCLUDES REFERENCE SERVICES, PATRON INSTRUCTION ON COMPUTER USE, SEARCH HELP, ASSISTANCE DOWNLOADING, PRINTING, AND COMPLETING FORMS. VGPL OFFERS SCANNING TO EMAIL, TO/FROM USBS FOR PATRONS, ID PHOTOCOPYING, FREE TAX FORMS AND SIMILAR. IN FY2021-22 WE RETURNED TO BOTH IN-PERSON LIBRARY COMPUTER USE - WITH THE CONCOMITANT INCREASE IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO PATRONS IN ACCESSING AND USING SERVICES, FORMS, AND ON-LINE TOOLS. WE BOOSTED OUR OFFERING OF WI-FI INTO THE PARKING LOT AND OPERATED LATE INTO THE EVENINGS ON WEEKENDS, A SERVICE WHICH HAS BECOME MORE SECURE, FASTER AND FUNCTIONAL OWING THE USE OF STATE E-RATE BROADBAND FUNDING INITIATIVES TO UPGRADE BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. WE HAVE INCREASED THE OFFERED ADULT-TECHNOLOGY CLASSES AS WELL AND WILL BE REPLACING AND UPGRADING COMPUTERS USING FUNDS FROM THE 2018 GO BONDS, EXPENDED IN FY22, AS SOON AS THE SUPPLY CHAIN ALLOWS. NUMBERS AFFECTED 9 PUBLIC COMPUTERS USED 770 TIMES.

PRESENTATION OR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR PATRONS BOTH ADULT AND YOUTH. IN SPRING 2022, WE RECEIVED AN ARPA AND AN ALA HUMANITIES GRANT FOR LIBRARIES, WHICH ALLOWED US TO INCREASE SUMMER PROGRAMMING - WE ADDED NEW WELL-RECEIVED PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, TWEENS, AND TEENS THAT WE HAD NOT OFFERED IN THE PAST, INCLUDING AUTHOR AND NATURAL RESOURCE TALKS AND COMIC BOOK CREATION WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS ADDED MORE PROGRAM SUPPORT MATERIAL GIVEAWAYS, SUCH AS FREE BOOKS AND ADDITIONAL SUMMER READING PRIZES. AS THESE WERE ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES, SIMILAR PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE OFFERED IN THE FUTURE UNLESS NEW FUNDING SUPPORT RESOURCES ARE IDENTIFIED. NUMBERS AFFECTED 256 PROGRAMS WERE ATTENDED BY 2,079 PEOPLE.